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Moving restlessly in the chair, his eyes caught on the book sitting on her dresser nearby What To Expect When You’re Expecting

Reading it tonight would be torture, but that fact wasn’t going to change There would always be too et the orth the pain and suffering of h an entire book, it was Sophieand the children they’d have in the fall

Picking up the book, Jake used every trick to keep his brain focused froraph to the next As the es one after the other--and the endless warnings and risks of pregnancy rained down upon hi he was that ten-year-old kid again, who couldn’t read at all

Chapter Twenty-two

Sophie had slept the night through, but she didn’t feel rested Her eyes felt gritty, her mouth dry She knew the reason Jake hadn’t slept with her, hadn’t wrapped his big, warm body around hers and held her close Even in her sleep, she would have known if he’d been there

But he had never coone? Back to his house to rethink the love he’d offered her the night before?

She was so lost in her darkin the corner of her bedroo spun for a few moments "You’re still here?" Her throat sounded as raw as it felt

"I’ve been here all night"

He earing his jeans fro up on end as if he’d been pulling at it He looked tense, horribly so

Despite the fact that she felt like she was co doith the flu, she pushed aside the covers and was about to get on her feet to head across the room to hinant?"

She frowned at the strange question "Yes"

His htened "Have you been around cats?"

Why was he treating her like this? Like she was a defendant on the witness stand One who had done everything wrong

"Yes"

"What about heating blankets or hot tubs? Have you used either of those?"